Minnow-bucket.



PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

R. RIMMBLIN MINNOW BUCKET APPLIOATION FILED Jun 21. 1904.

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, RICHARD RIMMELIN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JOHN TWIST, ONE-FOURTH TO W. W. MARSHALL, AND ONE-EIGHTH TO WENTWORJIITERRY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MINNOW-B UCKET.

N 0. 859,617. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 9, 1907. Application filed June 2'7. 1904. Serial No. 214,243.

To all whom it may concern: the flanges 11 and 12. At the center of the plate 10 is Be it known that I, RICHARD RIMMELIN, a citizen formed a boss 13 in which is screw-seated a stem or i of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State handle 14. The auxiliary bottom by means of the of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful handle 14 is designed to be raised and lowered through 40 Improvements in Minnow-Buckets, of which the [01- the water in the receptacle causing a pumping action, lowing is a specification, reference being had therein agitating the water and creating a circulation of air to the accompanying drawing. there through to refresh the minnows thus dispensing My invention relates to improvements etc. in minwith the usual supply of ice as is required for keeping now buckets and consists of the novel ieaturesherein the minnows alive. This action oi agitating the wa- 45 shown, described and claimed. ter is only necessary at intervals and not continuous. The object of my invention is to construct a minnow The auxiliary bottom is also used to raise the minnows bucket with a removable auxiliary bottom whereby to the surface of the water in the receptacle so that the the minnows may be brought to the surface of the wafisherman may readily and easily select the minnow ter in areceptacle by the raising of said bottom. without submerging the entire hand and coming in 50 15 A further object is to refresh the minnows by raiscontact with the remaining minnows. The fishering and lowering the auxiliary bottom agitating the man upon retiring removes the handlel4 by unscrew- Water and causing the air to be circulated through the ing it from the boss and laying it loosely in the bottom, water. he then packs his supply of fish in the same recep- A further object is when the fisherman desires to tacle without obstruction. 55 pack his fish the handle of the auxiliary bottom is re- 1 A bucket of this construction dispenses with the moved and let loosely in the receptacle thereby formcommon two part receptacle as is now in use and the ing a clear and unobstructed receptacle. I inconvenience of carrying separately the various parts. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal Having fully described my invention, what 1 Claim sectional view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan is: 60 View of the same with a part of the upper cover re- A lninnow bucket comprising an elongated receptacle, :1 moved Showing the relative position of h auxiliary removable auxiliary perforated and flanged bottom located bottom Within in the. receptacle, said flange forming a wall promoting above and below the perforated auxiliary bottom, a handle In the Construction of the devlce shown Iprovlde I rcmovably attached to the auxiliary bottom for raising (55 a receptacle 3 comprising a bottom 4 and walls 5. A i and lowering the same within the receptacle, substandepressed perforated cover 6 is hingcdly secured to the I as :gpecified' Y receptacle in the usual manner; a handle 7 for supportl fijggggg Where I my Signature m presence of ing the receptacle is connected thereto by means of I the brackets 8.

An auxiliary bottom 9 is loosely placed within the Witnesses: receptacle and it consists of a perforated plate 10, its FRED, MICHELS,

edge being bent upwardly and downwardly forming I HARM Bnowx.

RICHARD H] MMELIN 

